Lt. Gov. Scott named to leadership of nat’l association

Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott is now serving on the leadership committee of the National Lieutenant Governors Association. He is pictured with the Vermont Eagle staff, back row, second from the left (to the right of former State Sen. Tom Bahre), in August 2012. He worked a day as a newspaper advertising sales person as part of his statewide Vermont jobs program.

Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott (R) is serving on the leadership committee of the NLGA, National Lieutenant Governors Association.

The NLGA is a professional association enabling regional and nationwide policy discussion and progress at the state level. “Through NLGA’s bipartisan nature, the priorities of lieutenant governors and their states and territories are united – not divided,” said NLGA Director Julia Hurst.

Scott is serving as the Eastern Region-At-Large Republican of the NLGA Executive Committee. “The lieutenant governor was nominated to this position by a bipartisan group of his peers,” said Hurst. “His unanimous election among officials of both parties from every region of the country speaks to the high regard he is held in among his peers.”

Earlier this year, the NLGA unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution cosponsored by Scott and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) of Virginia., calling on Congress to “develop a shared, long-term vision for surface transportation.”

Back in Vermont, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D) and Transportation Secretary Brian Searles, as well as other state officials. joined the call.

Last week, Congress passed a short-term fix that will allow road projects to continue through May 2015, a move Scott applauds, though he still says a long-term fix is needed.

“I’m glad to see that Congress was able to work together in a bipartisan manner to partially address this crucial problem, just as the NLGA did when considering the resolution,” Scott said. “The NLGA is a group that doesn’t put party above policy, and I’m honored to receive their unanimous support, both in my election to the Executive Committee and in passing the resolution in March.”

The NLGA provides research and best practices exchange to the officeholders first in the line of succession to the governor in all 50 states and the U.S. territories.